Dump Read: Habits

Understanding the habit loop Changing your behaviour starts with understanding how habits form. Habits often form without us knowing and are responsible for a large portion of our daily lives. The habit loop consists of 3 parts: The cue The routine The reward When we perform a behaviour enough times the brain learns to run …

One Percent Better

One.  It’s a powerful number.  One is the first number, the very first; zero doesn’t count, it’s nothing.  The one-minute-workout, the first follower, January 1st, the 1-percent. What is it about one?  Is it a number you should get familiar with? In an ever-expanding world, the number “1” should be at the front of your …

How Fit Should a Firefighter Be?

When the big red trucks show up on scene all the homeowner expects is a group of decathlete-brain surgeons to jump out and fix the problem.  Not too much to expect, right?  But what do they actually get? Hopefully, someone well trained and fit enough to do the job. Everyone hired is required to pass …

I Still Haven’t Made a New Year’s Resolution

This time last year I shared a post I had written about how I don’t make resolutions at on January 1st.  I thought I would just share it again, kind of a like a holiday greeting card – like some of the much larger, more successful fitness websites do. But it kind of sucks. I …

Your Start Point Influences Your Path; It Doesn’t Dictate Your Endpoint

What your diet or exercise routine (or lack thereof) looks like today doesn’t mean anything with regards to what it will look like in three months, a year or five years from now.  What you’re doing today simply determines your start point. Thinking about what “perfect” looks like can be intimidating, which is why I …

Because, The Holidays

It’s that time of year where everyone is super stressed, walking through the stores like an army of zombies, draining their bank accounts and getting a third mortgage on their house just to show all of the people they normally hate how much they care about them. It’s also the time of the year to …

Why Are Some People Motivated To Work Out?

Ever have those days where you just do not want to work out?  Like, there is no way it’s going to happen.  Maybe this is every day for you.  Then there are those people that no matter what they always seem to get a workout in.  They must never have these days. That’s a common …

This Blog Won’t Help You Improve Your Fitness

This blog won’t help you improve your fitness, or your life for that matter.  Reading through all the posts I have written over the past 2 ½ years will probably just be a waste of your time.  Not because I haven’t made an attempt to simplify things.  Not because I haven’t provided helpful information. No. …

Winter Is Coming

Did you spend the summer trying to get in shape? Did you have a few moments over the summer where you thought you should have been able to do something but turns out you didn’t have the physical capacity? Winter is coming. My training changes with the seasons and for most people it should also. …

Periodization For Firefighters

A close look at the demands of firefighting should paint a picture for how to properly prepare the body to avoid injury and perform well.  Diving right in, the main qualities a firefighter needs to train would be strength, power and endurance. “What about speed?” “What about mobility?” “What about stability?” Whether you run on …